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This undated photo released by the Shalit family of Israeli soldier shows Cpl. Gilad Shalit in an unknown location in Israel. Mr. Shalit was captured on June 25, 2006, by Hamas-linked militants in the Gaza Strip who attacked an Israeli army outpost in southern Israel. AP/File

A Jewish worshipper participates in a special prayer for kidnapped Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City on June 25, 2006. Oded Balilty/AP/File

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (r.) speaks with Noam and Aviva Shalit during a meeting at a hotel in Jerusalem on June 23, 2008. Ziv Koren/Reuters/File

Comrades of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit stand in front of a poster depicting him during a rally calling for his release in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2008. Amir Cohen/Reuters/File

Hamas militants reenact a scene of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit during a protest in Gaza City on April 16, 2009, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Ismail Zaydah/Reuters/File

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is seen in this still image from video released by Israeli television on Oct. 2, 2009. Reuters/File

Israeli activists take part in a protest march toward the Erez border crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 28, marking the 25th birthday of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Amir Cohen/Reuters/File

Aviva and Noam Shalit, the parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, are seen at a protest tent outside the residence of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Oct. 12. Israelis welcomed a major prisoner swap that would free soldier Gilad Shalit after five years in captivity in return for the release of 1,000 Palestinians, but emotions were mixed over the exchange negotiated with Hamas. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Palestinian women hold pictures of their sons, who were being held in Israeli jails, during a demonstration calling for their release at the International Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City on Oct. 17. Mohammed Salem/Reuters

A protester (r.) holds a sign during a demonstration outside Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Oct. 17, against a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, as people supporting the deal hold signs behind him. The signs read: (r.) The blood of those murdered screams from the ground. Release of murderers – danger, humiliation and blasphemy, and: One Ron Arad is enough (l.). Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit (c.) is escorted by members of Hamas and Egyptian mediators on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Oct.18. Mr. Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions as a thousand-for-one prisoner exchange brought joy to families but did little to ease decades of conflict. Khalid Farid/Middle East News Agency (MENA)/Reuters

Israelis react after seeing Gilad Shalit on television, at a former protest tent calling for his release, near the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Oct. 18. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Palestinian children wave their national flags at the Palestinian Shatila refugee camp in Beirut to celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoners in a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel on Oct.18. Sharif Karim/Reuters

Hamas leader Yehya Al-Senwar gestures as he arrives with Palestinian prisoners at the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 18. Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned home after five years in captivity as hundreds of Palestinian prisoners exchanged for him were greeted with kisses from Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Salem/Reuters